Funny. Usually I have to actually write something before someone tells me I’m wrong, absolutely or otherwise.

Guess it’s spring training for the writers, too. Either that or Scioscia is in midseason form, meaning his team is only three months away from losing in the playoffs again to someone from the AL East.

Hey, if I can be wrong this early, I also can be vicious from the get-go.

The subject the other day was Brandon Wood, specifically this notion that Wood will be given a legitimate opportunity to play this season.

Finally, after being the Angels’ top-rated prospect multiple times. After being named player of the year for all the minor leagues by The Sporting News. After hitting 43 JV homers one season, a total a varsity Angel has reached only once (Troy Glaus, with 47, in 2000).

Finally, Wood is going to be in The Show, not just The Opening Credits. At age 25. Tampa Bay Devil Rays standout Evan Longoria (Long Beach State), for the record, is 24.

I’m not saying Wood is Longoria. The two players can’t be compared, not at this point.

But I am saying the Angels tried the patience of everyone at a time when production from the next big thing is expected to arrive in the time it takes to Twitter.

Wood pretty much has to be with the Angels this time since he is out of options, baseball talk meaning they likely would lose him through waivers to another team if they attempt to demote him again.

At issue is the fact Wood tends to strike out more than Scioscia would like. Also, to be frank, Wood seems to hit homers more than Scioscia prefers, at least given his recent Angels teams.

“We’re not prejudiced against guys who hit home runs here, if that’s what you’re saying,” the manager corrected again. “We’re not going to give them back. It’s not like we were saying, `This guy hits home runs. We don’t want him.’ ”

For years, I’ve written that the Angels aren’t powerful enough to win another World Series, that they aren’t the ’27 Yankees or even 27 Yankees. Murderers’ Row? The Angels have been more Jaywalkers’ Row.

Even last season, while finishing second in the American League in runs, the Angels were eighth in homers. In the AL Championship Series, they hit three home runs. So did Alex Rodriguez, whose Yankees advanced.

My argument was simple: In the postseason, when the pitching generally is better, it is too difficult to string together four or five hits in order to score the runs that a single swing also can generate.

Purportedly built to Scioscia’s specifications, the recent Angels have been a relay team in funny pants. The image was of a bunch of munchkins maniacally circling the bases – going first to third, stealing second, dashing home.

That Angels’ offense didn’t have a face; it had a pair of feet, and they belonged to Chone Figgins, who scored a team-high 114 runs last season and yet was allowed to depart via free agency. To Seattle, no less. A division rival.

Well, Scioscia explained this week, that the previous approach wasn’t by design but by necessity.

“We had to adopt an ultra-aggressive base-running style,” he said, “because of really a lack of power, which we had for a long time.”

But this season, with Wood having a chance to take Figgins’ spot and a sturdier Hideki Matsui replacing a teetering Vladimir Guerrero, the Angels – Scioscia pretty much promised – will flex more than their hamstrings.

“I think this year you’re going to see that,” he said. “Our team is much more suited to driving the ball … than it is to creating on the base paths. That’s where the talent level is now, where we feel we can win with this team.”

Bobby Abreu, who hit 15 homers last season, figures to bat second. The heart of the lineup will feature Matsui, Torii Hunter, Kendry Morales and Juan Rivera, each of them with ample biceps.

Mike Napoli and his consecutive 20-homer seasons will split time at catcher. Howard Kendrick will be in there somewhere, chasing double figures in home runs.

Then – yeah, finally again – there’s Wood, a bottom-of-the-order hitter with middle-of-the-order DNA, depending on how much Scioscia uses him along with Maicer Izturis.

These are the Angels, believe it, a team that not long ago was Guerrero and a bunch of guys as intimidating power-wise as garden gnomes.

“With this lineup, I realize I don’t have to hit every 3-1 pitch for a 500-foot home run,” Wood said. “I never felt like I didn’t belong here. My game can play in this organization and hopefully for a long time.”

For an entire season would be a good start.

So the Angels have power, maybe enough power, finally.

But that lack of an ace pitcher? That, ultimately, will be the killer. Of course, I’ve been wrong before.